We have been co sleeping for the last 8 months. I’m ready to move her into her own bed so my fiancé can finally sleep with me again (he sleeps on couch because he’s afraid to sleep with baby) how the heck do I do this?? With my first daughter I switched to bottles breast milk at 3 months and that’s how I got her in her own bed. I would lay her down with a bottle propped up and she would go to sleep. And then when she would wake up in the middle of the night I would just do the same thing. Prop it up. I’ve been breastfeeding my youngest daughter and she will not take a bottle. The breast is her comfort and so is feeling on my skin (she feels on my arm and stomach while she goes to sleep.) how do I get her on a bottle and her own bed?? Or at least in her own bed?? I want to get a job so bad but I can’t because she won’t take a bottle. My oldest daughter will literally go to bed all by herself because of how we sleep trained her. We would let her cry a little and then go in and give her passy and comfort and keep doing that until she fell asleep. I really don’t want to do that again but idk if I will have to. Sorry if this doesn’t make sense I’m very tired right now lol
It doesn’t help you much but I’m in the same situation… my first went to sleep on a bottle and sleeps completely independent now at 2 years old and my 7 month old now only co sleeps and will not sleep with a bottle. She wants to be held and touching my face to sleep. She also loves breast and I’ve latched her longer
Don’t feed her in your bed. Feed her in a rocking chair and then put her in her crib.
I used a book and it WORKED, my son was 3 months old and I had allowed him to sleep on my chest… Huge mistake! The book had me lie him in his crib and let him cry for a minute or so and then pick him up and soothe him, repeat this a few times and he was done🤷♀️ he didn’t continue to cry after repeating this cycle a couple to a few times, I was so happy it worked I’ve never questioned if it would work overall on babies…
We roomshare out of necessity, and have definitely co-slept more than not lol…but our toddler has at least had her own bed in our room since she was around a year old (before that she had a pack n’ play but we mostly just bed-shared). While it wouldn’t have been our first choice to roomshare, it’s actually working out pretty well for us at this point; if she wakes up in the middle of the night, she can see that we’re right there with her and she usually just goes back to sleep.
We’re working on setting up her own bedroom, but at this age (2.5) what we’re doing makes the most sense for us. It might work for you, too.
Do what you did the first time.
We put a bed next to ours, single or cot with 1 side gone , I put them in bed telling them it’s their spot and feed to sleep laying right on the edge of my bed and then move back when theyre asleep , slowly when theyre staying on their side ill move the bed away abit at a time
Try a bottle. Ar eight she can eat solid food.out ove
Babies can choke if left alone with a bottle propped up and they also need to be burped
Please dont prop the bottle, they can choke and asphyxiate on the milk. Get a bedside mini-crib. Feed and burp her then lay her down. If she wakes comfort her and let her down again. She might need to have a muslin swaddle the first few times to get the feeling of being held.
Depending on the age of the child but maybe try having the child in their own bed in your room… Until a year old which is recommended by the American pediatrics association… Propping the bottle, especially when you’re not close by to monitor, can cause the child to drown in the liquid especially when laying down flat… Please take these into consideration when making decisions that could be dangerous for the child. I have 3 and I have done extensive research on safety with children and have experience with more than just my own children. Going from cosleeping with your child to their own rooms might be easier for the child and yourself if you start off by them having their own bed near yours so they can see you if they wake up. After a while and they are happy and comfortable with that you can start laying the child down to sleep and just having your hand on them to hold them still and so they feel you there till they fall asleep. It’s an easier transition than rocking the child to sleep and risk waking the child when moving from your body to their bed. Then you can start testing out naps in their own room and putting your hand on them as they fall asleep. I do this with my one year old and she is almost to the point where she can fall asleep on her own after putting her to bed. No crying or anything involved. I don’t agree with the cry it out method and I did try it with my first and second. But it is traumatic for the child as they start to feel abandoned and more need for attention and approval as they get older. I hope this helps 